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Ujjal Singh has worked at the heart of the Manchester Sikh community for more than 30 years. A huge inspiration in Ujjal’s life was his father, Gyani Sundar Singh Sagar.
Manchester's fight for affordable food, free trade and its legacy.
Steve Cohen chose to give up what could have been a lucrative and high profile career, deciding instead to dedicate himself to the defence of human rights.
In 1979 Anwar Ditta, born in Birmingham and brought up in Rochdale, was told that her three Pakistan-born children would not be allowed to join her and their father in England.
Manchester has the United Kingdom's largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community outside London and is renowned for its Gay Village around Canal Street.
Lydia Becker, the forgotten face of Women's Suffrage. Her writing and campaigning, during the Victorian era, provided political motivation and inspiration to a generation of women.